Witnesses calls Jonnie Williams a criminal. And finally plans for a new home for the redskins with an old rfk feel. Tonight well take you back and look at how good things used to be at the old bowl in southeast. Oh, got good old days. Good evening. For the good old days. Good evening. Im derek mcginty. Im jan jeffcoat. Hurricane cristobal is far off the coast but its still having an impact on nearby beaches. Today Ocean City Beach patrol identified an 18year old who drowned after getting caught in strong rip currents and with Labor Day Weekend approaching and a lot of you heading off to the Eastern Shore, mola lenghi has a look at cristobals impact. So many restrictions have been in effect on parts of the Eastern Shore since yesterday and will continue into tomorrow, but they were not enough to save the life of that 18yearold from manassas. Right now waters are rough on the maryland and delaware Eastern Shores, even deadly. We had a drowning last night and that was a preventible situation where the 18yearold male from manassas, virginia, went swimming about 40 minutes after the guard went off. Reporter wusa9 meteorologist erica grow says hurricane cristobal will remain well offshore, but that doesnt mean beaches are in the clear. We will still have increased risk for rip currents through thursday night and then it will be too far out it sea where it wont affect us. With this storm youve got these winds swirling along. They stir up the ocean water underneath and never cause a circulation that happens they cause a circulation that happens there. When you get these increased waves hitting the shoreline, sometimes they dont look that dramatic on the shoreline itself, but theres more water trying to get to the shoreline and it ends up sucking back the water underneath the Ocean Surface very, very fast. Reporter Ocean City Beach patrol offers the following safety tips. Only swim when beach patrol and lifeguards are on duty, feet in the sand until lifeguards are in the stand. Always check with lifeguards about current conditions. Swim directly in front of the nearest lifeguard. If you go in the water in rough positions, beach patrol advises not going beyond knee deep water. Anything deeper is dangerous. Thats when drownings occur when a person is in water over their head they never intended to be. In knee deep water, youll have a good firm footing, so the waves arent going to pull you out. Reporter and if they do . Dont panic. The counterintuitive thing to do is the right thing to do. Reporter dont swim against the rip currents. Swim parallel to the shore. The current you want to feet will eventually lead you to safety fight will eventually lead you to safety. Another reason to be extra cautious, oc beach patrol are down to 60 of their peak summer lifeguard staffing which means the lifeguard stands are further a incorporate and they cant cover as much ground apart and they cant cover as much ground. Tonight ocean city investigators still trying to figure out what caused a boat to capsize. A 17foot boat near the oc inlet overturned, three people stranded in the water. A lifeboat crew was training nearby to rescue them. Definitely some dangerous conditions on the beaches. First alert meteorologist erica grow is here to explain more about those rip currents. Mola lenghi did a great job with that story. You can see how far away hurricane cristobal is from the shoreline. This is a distance of hundreds of miles. Cristobal is further away from d. C. Now than boston is from d. C. , but its still close enough to produce that rip current risk and we have waves still being stirred up a little bit but not that much. The center of the storm you saw in the wider view, the waves were in excess of 30 feet. This is the 10foot wave line that i have drawn and even that is a good 40, maybe even 50 miles away from the shoreline, but its still close enough to produce those sucking currents that pull you out to sea. That will diminish as the storm continues to head further away. This is what it will look like at 2 a. M. Early tomorrow morning. It is pooling away. Its already starting to make that turn out to sea and it will continue to make that turn as we head into friday. By friday its up near newfoundland. Tomorrow morning in the metro well see lots of sunshine and cooler less humid air moving in. At sl talk more about how long thcks around coming up in the first alert sevenday forecast. We want to show you live pictures now of an explosion at the bp refinery in whiting, indiana. This happened about an hour ago and could be heard clearly several blocks from the plant were told. People as far away as 2 miles reported feeling that explosion. The spokesman said when whiting fire commanders called the plant to ask if their assistance was needed, they were told only to stand by and that bp was handling it internally with its own Fire Department and ambulances. So far no evacuations, but several ladder trucks trying to tackle that fire now. Its still going. Well bring you up to date on any new information as soon as it comes into the newsroom. Right now rescue crews are still out there trying to fine the pilot of a downed mill find the pilot of a downed military plane in virginia. The pilot took off this morning to louisiana but then crashed near the mountains of deerfield, virginia. Crews are on the ground and in the air searching for any signs of the man. Those who live in Augusta County snapped some photos minutes after the crash. There was a huge plume of dark smoke you could see there. It could be seen for miles and witnesses said the crash sounded like a bomb. Something that you are not expecting this close. I mean the thing could have landed on your house or your neighbors house, but thats not the first time ive seen planes fly down through the valley. They generally go down through marvel valley and peel back around, but thats the first time ive ever seen them that low. Good news, of course, is nobody was hurt on the ground. The pilot report an inflight emergency before they lost radio contact. Today a pedestrian is in the hospital with life threatening injuries after a hit and run in silver spring. It happened at piney ranch road. The driver hit the victim and kept going. What we know right now is they are looking for a. [ honda. Tonight prosecutors will not black honda. Tonight prosecutors will not file charges after a 9year old girl shot and killed her gun instructor in arizona. All right. Go ahead and give me one shot. All right. Thats video of the girl and instructor just moments before the shooting. She was learning how to use an uzi, which is a submachine gun. The recoil sent the gun over her head and she shot the man. The victim is a 39yearold father and war veteran. In arizona its okay for a child to handle a weapon as long as a parent was there, which was the situation here. A dreadful accident on the reality show cops, a production worker shot and killed by a real life cop in omaha, nebraska, during a robbery attempt at a Fast Food Restaurant last night. 38yearold audio technician bryce dion in the wrong place at the wrong time as the armed suspect was trying to make a getaway. The officers are returning fire. Bryce is in that vestibule and gets struck by a round. The suspect was also killed. Turns out his weapon . A realistic looking pellet gun. Bryce was a sevenyear veteran of the long running show which documents Police Departments nationwide. The three officers involved have been placed on leave. Defense teams have now rested in the corruption trial of former Virginia GovernorBob Mcdonnell and his wife. Today the jury heard the star witness of the government referred to as a criminal. Reporter do you have anything to say about Jonnie Williams, jeanine . I love them both. Reporter the testimony of jeanine zubowsky, the mcdonnells oldest child, helped both of her parents defense. Reporter you get a little emotional after jeanine testifying. I love my children, but your oldest is always special. Reporter she said her mother would make drinks and take baths to deal with her depression. Her father she said confided in her about his troubled relationship with her mother. Though zubowsky said she never asked Jonnie Williams for anything, he gave her and her husband a 10,000 check for her wedding. Jeanine said she returned the money once we realized Jonnie Williams was a criminal. Jeanine said liked to talk about two things, his money and anatabloc. Her mother believed in anatabloc and had a mild obsession with Jonnie Williams jeanine said. She admitted the gift of 10,000 made her uncomfortable. I really have nothing to say. Reporter Maureen Mcdonnells good friend april niamtu traveled with Maureen Mcdonnell and Jonnie Williams on his plane. She said they went to california for an a in the block event and then surprised for for anatabloc event and asked her to speak. On crossexamination the prosecution brought up the fact maureen spoke at a similar event five days earlier. The prosecution has one rebuttal witness tomorrow. Then the jury gets the afternoon off. Closing arguments are set to begin friday. In richmond, peggy fox, wusa9. Police in arlington say the ambassador from guinea was suspected of beating his daughter withly chair. The girl sustained a significant laceration to her head, had bruises and a swollen eye and was taken to the virginia hospital center. A former Baltimore Police officer faces up to three years in jail after admitting to killing his former girl friends puppy back in february in silver spring. Alec taylor killed the jack russell taor after it used the bathroom on the carpet. Taylor pleaded guilty today to aggravated animal cruelty. He could also pay a 5,000 fine. The ceo apologizing tonight after getting caught on camera kicking a puppy. His company centerplate supply concessions for sports and entertainment arenas around the country including fedex field. Look at thisde vio from the elevator. It shows des hague walking on and repeatedly kicking the doberman. The dog just kind of cowers in the corner by his feet. Thats awfully mean, dude. Hague released a statement saying it was completely and utterly out of character and hes ashamed and deeply embarrassed. A minor frustration with a friends pet caused me to lose control of my emotional response. I would like to extend my apologies to my family, company and clients. As we mentioned, the company is called centerplate and provides concessions for arenas all over the country including fedex field and the redskins. Centerplate provides food and drinks on the lower and upper levels, dream seats, Verizon Center, m t park in baltimore do not use that company. Redskins owner dan snyder told Comcast Sportsnet today he started the process of meeting with architectural firms for a new stadium and is already seeing new drawings. The new redskins home will have a retro feel keeping rfk in mind. Where will it be is the big question. He says hes open to all options. Fedex field has been the redskins home since opening in 1997. Thats just 17 years. Coming up in sports dave owens will give his take at why its time for the redskins to get some new digs. A gadget created by a d. C. Man ended up in a dispute over the skies all over a very limited necessity up there, that is, leg room. Its called the knee defender. Well hear what all the fuss is about and the reason the man came up with the contraption. Reporter it looks like a rather innocuous device that attaches to your seat back tray. These two little pieces of plastic you can put on the arms of your tray table and that will stop the seat from reclining and theyre adjustable, so you can do it a little or a lot. Reporter d. C. Resident ira goldman who himself has battled leg room problems in the air created the knee defender which prevents the person in front of you from reclining. They want to not be hit by the reclining seat coming back, particularly the sides of the seats are hard. Theyre metal frames and if you get whacked in the patella with a piece of metal, that hurts. Reporter earlier this week a denver bound flight was forced to land in chicago because two passengers feuded when one of them tried to use the device. Passengers at Reagan National say cramped quarters and peoples tempers make for a bad scene already before you use the knee defender. You end do know who is sitting behind you. You dont know who is sitting behind you. Poem are a little hot headed. I dont understand it. Reporter some passengers believe theres an Old Fashioned way to block seat reclining in front of you. Use your legs and knees. Knee defender creator ira goldman said the airlines could install alternative seating which reclines from the bottom. If they did, this wouldnt be a problem. Reporter while the airlines may not be a big fan of the knee defender, the faa has not banned it, which means you can get it online for about 22. Of course, the airlines could just give us more leg room, couldnt they . Jim does tell us Certain Airlines have their own policies against using the knee defender. You want to use it . Check with your airline before flying to see if you are allowed. Thats always good advice. Been drinking, where it is the worst and how one teens life changed because of a decision that she made 1 night. Get ready for the future as we take you back in redskins time new statistics show teenage binge drinking are the highest here in northwest washington and many times it can lead to life changing mistakes. Andrea roane wants us to meet a young woman who wishes she could have made better decisions one very dark night in her life. Reporter it was june, 2009, honor student Leah Edgecomb snorted heroin. She was under tremendous stress and turned to drugs as an escape. After i snorted the heroin, i knew something was wrong. Reporter as a result of the heroin, her heart stopped for eight minutes. Her brain was deprived of oxygen causing severe damage. After being in a coma a month she woke up and learned she was a paraplegic. My whole world fell apart. I just remember standing over her bed and hysterically crying begging her to please come back to me. Reporter leah started drinking in 8th grade. This led to smoking marijuana and eventually trying heroin when she overdosed. Dr. Michael vish of childrens inova hospital says not only does early drinking increase the chances they try other drugs, it is in itself a Serious Health risk. There can be severe cases where teens may stop breathing or vomit and choke on those discretions leading to severe low oxygen levels and brain damage. Reporter they can wind up in the hospital many days at a time. Drinking during teen years can stunt growth. This is a time of Rapid Development and the organs with reproductive systems may not grow properly. The big s and best tool to avoid get biggest and best tool to avoid getting to that point in the first place is open and ongoing communication between parents and children, even adolescent age where parents dont think parents s are respected. Messages do get through. Reporter leah is making it her mission to make sure the mission gets through. You think its not that big of deal. Everybody our age does it and im not going to like die and i had to figure out the hard way. Reporter her condition has improved over the years. She graduated from high school and now attends montgomery college. Theres a much more beautiful happy fulfilling way to live and its not in alcohol or drugs. Reporter shes determined to stay involved in social work to prevent others from going down the same path. Andrea roane, wusa9. Experts say higher instances of teenage drinking occur during the back to school period. Look for sloppy appearances, lack of involvement in former interests, poor attendance, memory lapses and poor concentration. Surface swelling a little on the Atlantic Coast but nothing like in the pacific. Look at these huge waves in newport beach, california, some of them reaching 2 stories. Surfers might dig it, but its leading to hundreds of rescues along californias coast. Tropical storm marie is responsible for the surge in these waves now. The beach around here will be pretty goodweekend. Whats futurecast showing . A lot of people are going there for labor day for sure. Absolutely. Its going to be a great place, not only because cristobal will pull away and it wont be dangerous to get in the ocean, but its also going to be the cool spot because its going to swelter again into the weekend. Right now were okay with the michael and son weather cam. We are still mostly clear and at Reagan National its a warm 81 degrees with a dew point of 65, so a little on the muggy side along with that kind of warm temperature. The reason that its warm now is because the cold front hasnt moved through yet. You can see it on satellite and radar. The streak of cloud cover, the showers and thunderstorms that did not make it over the mountains if you were with us at 5 p. M. And 6 p. M. And 7 p. M. As well, you heard me say these probably were not going to make it over the appalachians. That seems to be holding for us. On 9 futurecast we have a mostly dry frontal passage, cant rule out a sprinkle, but drier air is on the way. Thats moving in as we head into thursday. Friday its still with us, too. This area of High Pressure will start to drift off to the south and east, though, and as that happens its going to allow for the return flow around the backside of the High Pressure with the circulating winds being clockwise. Its going to bring in the heat and humidity from the south and east and that with an approaching warm front will bring us our next chance for thunderstorms. Overnight tonight we wont see any thunderstorms. Its going to be partly cloudy with a low between 65 and 71. Maybe a sprinkle, but this is not the kind of weather you need to bring in any Patio Furniture or anything. Its not going to really rain. As we head out tomor